Director: Felix Umarov
Cast: Yura Borisov, Alyona Dolgolenko, Roman Vasilev, Ilya Vinogorsky, Anna Chipovskaya
The Poet is a 2025 Russian drama film directed by Felix Umarov, set against the harrowing backdrop of World War II's early days. The film follows two young people from opposite worlds whose brief connection is torn apart by the machinery of war, tracing their separate journeys to find their way back to each other.
What is The Poet about?
In the fragile months before war consumes everything, a young German soldier already weary of ideology crosses paths with the daughter of a Rabbi in a world on the verge of catastrophe. What begins as an unlikely bond quickly becomes the one thing worth fighting for. When the war's chaos tears them apart and scatters them across borders, both must navigate treacherous and desperate circumstances, driven by nothing more than the hope of reunion. The film refuses easy sentimentality, letting geography and history become the antagonists rather than any single villain.
Cast & crew
The film stars Yura Borisov, a prominent name in contemporary Russian cinema, alongside Alyona Dolgolenko. The supporting ensemble includes Roman Vasilev, Ilya Vinogorsky, Anna Chipovskaya, Ilya Lyubimov, Evgeniy Okorokov, and Sergey Gilev. Director Felix Umarov brings an intimate, literary sensibility to the wartime material, grounding the romance in specific human detail rather than grand spectacle.
Context & significance
Russian wartime drama has a deep tradition of telling intimate human stories within the massive devastation of World War II, a mode that resonates strongly with Persian-speaking diaspora audiences who carry their own histories of displacement, separation, and survival. The Poet speaks to the universal experience of people caught between political forces beyond their control, a theme with particular emotional weight for Iranian viewers living abroad. The film is available on K-Time with Persian subtitles, making its quiet, literary dialogue fully accessible. For diaspora audiences who grew up watching dubbed Soviet and Russian classics on state television, this kind of emotionally restrained European wartime drama feels both familiar and deeply affecting.
Where & how to watch
The Poet is available now on K-Time with Persian subtitles. Watch on the web browser, your TV, or your phone with no VPN needed and no geo-blocking. Start a subscription and cancel anytime. No extra download required.